Lee wrote:

>
> Okay, I'm not the brightest lightbulb in the pack, but I
> thought I knew the
> difference between an install and an upgrade.
>
> I attempted to upgrade 8.2 to 9.1rc3 (I know, everyone said
> don't do it) but
> that's just me.  Then I booted and stalled on kernel panic.
>
> Since I had no idea what to do next I rebooted on the CD and
> chose install,
> thinking I could look forward to a couple of months of
> rebuilding all of my
> 'stuff'.
>
> When I rebooted, everything I had done over the past 2 years
> was there, but
> better.  I am totally amazed.
>
> Question is, "What did I do right"?  Why was I not stuck putting mail
> addresses and everything else back together again?
>
> Lee

9.1 defaults to leaving /home alone and formatting the rest, preserving
your settings and personal data.  Handy, isn't it?


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